A Cumbrian tourism business is celebrating winning through to the regional finals of a national competition. Lakes Cottage Holidays, which has branches in Keswick and Windermere, has been honoured in ...

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More than a third of people who took a cottage holiday in the past two years reported that they experienced problems, according to our survey. These ranged from leaks and a lack of hot water to poor ...